Real Estate
21 Percent of Maryland Home Sales Are ‘Short Sales’
The state has nation's third-highest percentage of foreclosure alternative sales.
By Whitney Teal
With all signs pointing to a recovering real estate market in the Washington, DC suburbs, short sales were still incredibly popular in Maryland this year, according to a report from real estate research firm RealtyTrac, the Washington Business Journal reported.
About one-fifth (21 percent) of homes sales in the state were short sales, according to a June report. A short sale is a foreclosure alternative where the seller makes no profit because the home sells for less than the amount owed, according to AOL Real Estate.
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Only Nevada (30 percent) and Florida (29 percent) had a higher percentage of short sales, the newspaper reported.
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